Dracula and the Legend of the Vampire
Students read a nonfiction passage about Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and vampire legends, written at 3 reading levels (6th grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read an analytical passage about the origins of the modern vampire.
- Find text evidence that distinguishes folklore, Stoker's novel, and film inventions.
- Explain how the author develops a central idea in layers across the paragraphs.
- Determine the meaning of figurative phrases such as "a costume stitched together."